An iterative solver for the finite-difference frequency-domain (FDFD) method for the simulation of materials with negative permittivity

Numerical Linear Algebra with Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 653-670

  Pflaum, Christoph ^a   Rahimi, Zhabiz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATED SYSTEMS AND DEVICE TECHNOLOGY IISB   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite difference frequency domain method; Maxwell's equations; Negative permittivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960132025     PISSN: 10705325     EISSN: 10991506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nla.746     Document Type: Article

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